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The fatal police shooting Sunday morning of Magnuson Park resident Charleena Lyles has received international attention.

Prominent faces in the Black Lives Matter movement have been tweeting and posting about the incident after Lyles’ family said she’d had mental-health issues leading up to the shooting and that they believed Lyles’ race — she was African American — was a factor. Police say Lyles had a knife when two officers opened fire.

By Monday morning, #CharleenaLyles was the top trending topic on Twitter in the Seattle area. Meanwhile, a fundraiser on GoFundMe.com has collected more than $38,000 for Lyles’ family.